I’m always looking for a good social good campaign and Malaria No More’s “Dream Big Campaign” is certainly that and is hence my social good cause of the week (my NEW Tuesday feature). Malaria No More is an effort to help end malaria deaths in Africa and help children achieve their dreams. I saw Mandy Moore speak about the danger of Malaria at the 92nd Street Social Good Conference last year and it’s a cause that we all need to get behind.
Malaria robs more children of their dreams than any other disease in Africa, killing a child every minute. Yet, it’s completely preventable and treatable – and with every text helping to treat a child for malaria, the world will be closer to reaching its goal of near zero malaria deaths by 2015.
Malaria No More is committed to achieving the global goal of near zero malaria deaths by 2015. Malaria No More leverages high-impact communications to engage the world, global advocacy to rally leadership and strategic investments to accelerate progress. For more information, visit www.MalariaNoMore.org.
And they’re making it really easy for you to help. Beginning today, people can text “DREAM” to 85944 for the chance to take a trip to Africa with Katharine McPhee and make a $10 donation to Malaria No More; every donation will treat a child for malaria.
The campaign runs through February 16th, and kicks off a year of activities on behalf of Malaria No More. Click here to view a video and see the Official Rules for other ways to enter. Within 24 hours of texting “DREAM” to 85944, entrants will receive a link for an online form to enter their contact information and one sentence about their own dream for Africa. Ten finalists will be chosen and asked to submit a 300-word blog and a simple thirty second video on why they’re the best person for the trip. The applicant with the best blog post and video will receive a call and be named winner of “Dream Big”! The campaign will also launch on Facebook here.
Use your voice to make a difference!
Disclosure: I was not compensated to run this post.
Great weekly feature – great cause